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Duncan Barrett

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Duncan grew up in London and read English at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is the editor of Ronald Skirth's First World War memoir The Reluctant Tommy (Macmillan, 2010) and co-author of Star Trek: The Human Frontier (Polity, 2000) and Zippy and Me: The Remarkable Life in Puppets of Rainbow's Ronnie Le Drew (forthcoming, 2011). He also works as an actor and occasional theatre director. ...more

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Farewell to Glad

Last month, we were finally able to say a proper goodbye to Gladys, one of our original Sugar Girls as well as an irreplaceable friend. Since the pandemic meant it wasn’t possible to have a public funeral when Glad died in March, her family had decided to wait until now to organise a get-together to celebrate her life, and to scatter her ashes.

We gathered at the Golden Fleece, on the edge of Wans

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	GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love – The True Story of Romance and Resilience in World War II America by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 3.90 avg rating — 3,620 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sugar Girls: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 3.86 avg rating — 1,214 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Calvi 4.10 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When The Germans Came 4.39 avg rating — 276 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sugar Girls - Joan’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 4.18 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jessie’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces (The Girls Who Went to War Book 1) by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 4.09 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sugar Girls – Ethel’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 4.02 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Margery’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces (The Girls Who Went to War Book 2) by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Calvi 4.08 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	GI BRIDES – June’s Story: Exclusive Bonus Ebook by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Calvi 4.04 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sugar Girls - Gladys’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Duncan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Nuala Calvi 4.21 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“knuckle”
― Duncan Barrett, Jessie’s Story: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces

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“upright piano and could play any tune by ear. Every Sunday morning, he would play all the latest songs for them while they danced in the garden. The Hunts’ fortunes seemed to be changing. Although the fish and chip shop that Mrs Hunt worked for had been bombed”
― Duncan Barrett, Blitz Kids: True Stories from the Children of Wartime Britain to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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“cost to educate”
― Duncan Barrett, GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love

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